National Association of Teachers of English
Yaroslavl State University
Rivers of Language,
Rivers of Learning
Proceedings of the 18th
NATE-Russia Annual Conference
Yaroslavl
May 24–26, 2012
Yaroslavl
2012
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Rivers of Language, Rivers of Learning: Proceedings
of the 18th NATE-Russia Annual Conference. Yaroslavl, May
24–26, 2012. – Yaroslavl: Yaroslavl State University,
2012. – 218 p.
ISBN 978-5-8397-0874-7
Conference Proceedings include the material of
presentations made at the 18th Annual Conference of the
National Association of Teachers of English in Russia held in
Yaroslavl in May, 2012. The proceedings might be useful for
English language teachers working at different levels – from
University to kindergarten, linguists, interpreters and
translators, as well as students and postgraduates majoring
in EFL, linguistics and cultural studies.
Editor and computer editor – M. Sternina
ISBN 978-5-8397-0874-7
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© NATE-Russia, 2012.
Individual contributors retain
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publications.
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Contents
Unit 1. Assessment and Testing
Buzina D. I. (Yaroslavl) Assessing Intercultural Competence of
the Students at the Faculty of Physics
Kharapudchenko O. V. (Tomsk) Presentation as a Form of
Assessment in ESP Course for Science Students
Neznakomova I. G. (Moscow) Formative Assessment Realized
in the Essay-Writing
Ovsiannikova L. A.(Ivanovo) The Treatment of Learners’ Errors
in Writing
Shishkina N.M. (Voronezh) Students’ Contest of Compositions
in English: Assessment Challenges
Simonova O. A., Chmykh I. E. (Surgut) Assessing Writing Skills
in English Language Teaching
Ulyanova N. P., Ovchinnikova N. I. (Voronezh) Grammar Error
Correction Techniques in EL Classroom
Unit 2. Best Practices in Teaching
Basova I. A. (Moscow) Teaching High School Pupils to
Summarize Academic Audiotexts
Berg M. (USA) Three Pre-reading Strategies
Blinova E. M., Savochkina E. V. (Smolensk) Learner-Centered
Drama – Is It Good for All Ages?
Bobrineva S. K. (Ivanovo) Developing Discourse Competence in
the Genre of Essay
Chinareva O. A., Zakurdaeva S. Y. (Moscow) Science through
English: Motivating Students in the XXI century
Degtiareva I. A. ( Moscow) No Game – No Lesson, No Whim –
No Game
Gritsishina N. A. (Syktyvkar) Leadership Skills Development by
Organizing and Conducting Students’ Workshops
Kravzova O. А. (Moscow) Teaching Pronunciation in an EFL
University Classroom: Is it Worth the Effort?
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Kurlenya Yu. M. (Novosibirsk) What do We Mean by a Good
Command of the English Language?
Leonova E. N. (Moscow) A Reading Project for Modern
Teenagers
Maslennikova E. V. (Moscow) A Fairy-Tale Performance as a
Method of Learning English
Maslova N. V. (Moscow) Using International School-Linked
Collaborative Projects for Writing Skills Development
Matveeva E. V. (Yaroslavl) Using Films in Teaching English
Muranova O. S. (Saint-Petersburg) Learner-Centered Approach:
Using Freewriting Activities and Student Live Stories at
EFL/ESL Lessons
Nechaeva E.N. (Kirov) Learner-Centered Approach in Preparing
Students for the Unified State Exam in English
Savelieva O. V. (Moscow Region) Effective Activities to Ace
the Writing Exams
Smolyakova O. I. (Samara) Dramatizing in Teaching English
Stepanova G. (Kaliningrad) How to Teach Senior Secondary
Students Narrative Writing
Tukbaev V. I. (Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk Region) Fun and English
at Summer Camp
Zykova A. O. (Voronezh) Projects in Language Learning as a
Means of Encouraging Students’ Social Activity
Unit 3. Information Technologies
Avramenko A. P. (Moscow) Methods of Podcast Implementation
in Language Classroom
Galichkina E. N., Saveleva U. A., Petelina J. N. (Astrakhan)
How Can Advanced Technologies Advance Teachers?
Grigorenko T. M. (Krasnodar) Digital World of Education:
More Accessible and More Autonomous than Ever Before
Gulov А. P. (Belgorod) Interactive Scientific and
Methodological Journal “English Teachers Community”
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Bogolepova S. V. (Moscow) Developing Prediction Skills with
Technology p. 44
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Ilyahov М. О. (Moscow) Wiki Projects and Wiki Portfolios for
Boosting Learner Motivation: Reasons аnd Conditions
Khakhanova M. S., Zolina O. M. (Voronezh) Using Moodle
Platform to Perfect Pronunciation
Khodakova A. G. (Tula) Interactive Web Course: Terminology
and Application
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Klimentyev D. D., Klimentyeva V. V. (Kursk) Networking
Activities for Undergraduate and Graduate Academic Writing
Classes p. 54
Kravetz G. Y. (Irkutsk) How Сan Learners Benefit from Social
Networking Videos in the Language Classroom?
Polyakova S. V. (Perm, Russia), Losavio M. (USA) Using
Facebook for Developing International Professional
Competence of Law Students
Remizova V. G. (Perm, Russia), Erzikova E.V. (USA) Applying
Students’ Skype Conferences and Facebook Resources to
Developing Professional Intercultural Competence
Shlyakhtina N. V. (Yaroslavl) Fashion or Necessity: the Role of
the Interactive Whiteboards in Improving Teaching of English
Shtokolova E. G. (Izhevsk) Distance Learning for Blind and
Visually Impaired People in the USA
Tikhonova R. R., Novozhilova O. V., Kleenkova M. A., Lisova E.
A. (Moscow) Learning Technologies in the Classroom: The
Effective and Safe Use of the Net
Titova S. V. (Moscow) Strategies and Challenges of Online
Professional Development Course for Language Teachers
Vyushkina E. G. (Saratov) Using Web2.0 Tools in Organizing
Students’ Self-Studies
Unit 4. Intercultural Awareness
Bagretsova N. V. (Arkhangelsk) Teaching Intercultural
Awareness
Berg M. (USA) The Cosmopolitan Spirit through
Correspondence: An E-pal Project
Chernova N. I. (Voronezh) Teaching Different Types of
Competence as the Basis of Communicative Ability
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Chikileva L. S. (Moscow) Public Speaking: Cultural Differences
Dobrovolskaya M. G. ( Moscow) Study Abroad: Culture
Learning Strategies
Franchuk L. N. (Novosibirsk) English Speaking Countries
Presentation Show
Khodakova A. G. (Tula) Ways of increasing intercultural
awareness and promoting tolerance
Kuzmina L. G. (Voronezh) Avoiding Socio-cultural Pitfalls
When Presenting in English
Mukovnikova E. M. (Voronezh) Telephoning in English: An
Intercultural Perspective
Polishchuk N. A. (Moscow) Understanding the Politically
Correct Language
Rovenskikh S. V. (Altai krai) International Projects as a Way of
Developing Cultural Awareness
Semenova M. V., Semenova T.V. (Vladimir) American Tall Tales
as a Means of Developing Intercultural Awareness
Suslova A.Yu. (Irkutsk) Holistic Approach to Teaching
American English and Culture
Tukbaev V. I. (Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk Region, Russia), Reilly B.
(Delmar, NY, USA) Recipes for a Better Planet
Zabelin D. V. (Ivanovo) Dictionary of Proverbs as a Means for
Building Intercultural Awareness
Unit 5. Problems of Autonomous Learning
Belogortseva I. Y.(Belgorod) Learner Autonomy through
Lecture Classes
Chiknaverova K. (Moscow) Developing Students’ Autonomy as
a Component of Their Linguistic Competence
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Klimenko T. G., Kasatkina N. N. (Yaroslavl) Humanistic Theory
and a Learner-Centered Approach to Teaching a Foreign
Language p. 94
Suchkova S. A. (Samara) What Teaching / Learning English Is:
Metaphors Generated by Teachers and Students
Tinyakova E. A. (Sergiev-Posad) Existential methods of English
language teaching
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Umerenkov S. U., Semenova Y. I. (Kursk) Authentic Tasks and
Autonomy in Access Classroom
Zhuravleva N. N. (Tyumen) Application of Concordances to
Language Teaching and Learning
Barabushka I. A. (Voronezh) The Image of the City in English
Language Consciousness
Derkach S. I. (Voronezh) Revealing National Specificity of the
Semantics through Aspect Analysis
Grigoryeva E. M. (Ivanovo) Lexicographic description of
culturally marked lexical units of Australia and New Zealand
Ilnitsky O. M. (Moscow) Units with a Zoomorphic Component
Ivanova L. I. (Ivanovo) Colour Term ‘Black’ in the British Folk
Tales and its Translation into Russian
Karpova O. M., Uzhova O. A. (Ivanovo) Cultural Dictionaries as
Supporting Teaching Tool
Kartashova F. I. (Ivanovo) Formation of nominative activity:
main stages
Kolesnikova M. A., Hopiyainen O. A. ( Khanty-Mansiysk)
Concept «shining» in Russian and American linguocultures
Krivenko L. A. (Voronezh) Aspect Analysis as a Means of
Studying National Specificity of Semanthemes
Lukina L. V. (Voronezh) Creation of an Ideal Dictionary for
Translators: the First Attempt
Malykhina N. I. (Voronezh) Lexico-grammatical Polysemy of
English Verbs
Pankratova M. E. (Voronezh) Spatial Relations Representation
in the English Language
Petrashova T. G. (Tomsk) Learner’s LSP Dictionary
Characteristics that Contribute to Developing a Subject Field
Competence
Polyakova S. V., Gritsenko E. A.(Perm) Exploring Metaphors in
Legal English Discourse in Legal English Class
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Unit 6. Research in Language Theories and Practices
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Ermakova J. V. (Saratov) Esoteric Tone as a Linguistic Modus
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Portnikhina N. A. (Voronezh) To the problem of studying
lexeme semantic development
Radionov A. V. (Elista) Terms of Appellation in Biological and
Step Families (Based on Modern American Animated Series)
Rivlina A. A. (Moscow) Folk Contact Linguistics: Grappling
with the Challenges of Englishization
Shaftelskaya N. V. (Tomsk) Some Aspects of Comparative
Motivology
Sokolova A. Y. (Moscow) To the problem of Participle I in Old
English Texts
Solzhenitsyna M. V.(Moscow) “Spanglish” as an Ethnolinguistic
Challenge to the American Assimilationist Model
Sternin I. A.(Voronezh, Yaroslavl) Contrastive Linguistics and
Lexicography
Sukhanova O. V.(Voronezh) To the Problem of Classification of
Russian-English Verbal Lacunae
Tolcheeva L. A.(Voronezh) Uncooperative Communicative
Behavior in Light of Theory of Impoliteness
Vishnyakova E. A., Vishnyakova O. D. ( Moscow) Concepts and
Notions in Terms of Interpretational Factors
Unit 7. Teacher Development
Dorofeyeva T. V.(Barnaul) Motivating and Developing ESL
Research Skills (Implementation of the TEA-ILEP Grant)
Filatova E. V. (Novosibirsk) Professional Development and
Work-Life Balance for Women Faculty in Universities
Grevtseva V. F. (Voronezh) Peer Review in the ESL Writing
Classroom
Kosheleva V. I. (Volgograd) Developing English Teachers’
Proficiency during In-Service Training
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Galustian S. A. (Vladimir) Case Technology in Learning English p. 149
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Gur’yanova V. I. (Voronezh) Teaching Reading through
Speaking p. 152
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Trepak Y. V. ( Moscow) Peculiarities of Academic Blogosphere
Discourse p. 142
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Kostenko N. V., Timashova L.N.(Voronezh) Effective EFL
Strategies in Teaching Bachelors
Loseva A. V. (Moscow) PLN: a teacher’s paradise
Lyutaya T. N. (Nizhnevartovsk) Using Authentic Materials and
Designing Authentic Tasks for EFL Learners
Mashurova E. A., Mazhar E. N., Tarasenkova Y. V. (Smolensk)
Stress Management for Professional Development
Sannikova S. (Chelyabinsk) Enhancing Educational
Effectiveness through Teacher’s Professional Development
Shchukina I. V. (Tula) New Tendencies in the System of PreService
EFL Teacher Training
Trifonova I. S.( Izhevsk) Professional Contests in Axiological
Development of Future Teachers
Yastrebova E. (Moscow) In-House University EFL Teacher
Training: Pros and Cons
Unit 8. Teaching ESP
Bazarskaya N. I. (Voronezh) Teaching Writing in the ESP
Classes p. 167
Grigorenko I. N. (Krasnodar) A Learner Centered Approach in
ESP p. 168
Igonina G. V. (Novosibirsk) ESP Communication and New
Educational Challenges
Klimova A. B. (Arkhangelsk) WebQuests as a Tool to Develop
Critical Thinking Skills in ESP
Kolchanova N. G., Sheina E.S.(Perm) Extensive Reading
Project with ESP Students
Komarova E. N. (Moscow) Developing an Internet Site for an
ESP Course
Kulagina J. D. (Voronezh) Conversation Practice in the Masters
Language Course
Kuznetsova L. B. (St Petersburg), Suchkova S.A.(Samara) ESP
Materials Development: Pitfalls to Avoid
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Shamsutdinova N. Z. (Kazan) Using MOODLE Platform for
ESP p. 178
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Shilova E. A.(Ivanovo) Modern Dictionaries of Tourism: an
Overview p. 179
Sternina M. A. (Voronezh) Involving ESP Students in Publishing
English Newspaper
Vasilenko D. V. (Perm) Project Activities with Social Work
Students
Vasilieva I. I. (Moscow) Benefits of Wiki for the ‘Blended’ ESP
Course Teaching
Vostrikova I. Y., Strelnikova M. A. (Voronezh) New Format of
Final Exam for ESP Students: How to Get Ready
Zinkevich N. A., Ledeneva T. V. (Moscow) ESP English Masters
Course (Competence Approach)
Unit 9. Teaching Young Learners
Bilan T. Y.(Shipunovo) The Shortest Way to Hearts and Brains
of Young English Language Learners
Danilova E. A. (Syktyvkar) Polysensory Approach in Teaching
English to Young Learners
Puchkova A. V. (Moscow) An Alternative Form of the Lesson to
Promote Students’ Cross-Cultural Competence
Zubkova G. V. (Elista) On the Issue of Contextualized Language
Instruction for Young Learners
Bugrova I. K. (Yaroslavl) Teaching Translators to Acquire New
Vision of the World
Bushueva T. S. (Smolensk) Hermeneutic Component of
Translator’s Professional Competence and Text Analysis
Filatova E. A.(Ivanovo) Problems of Teaching Translation in
Different LSP Spheres
Kalmazova N. A. (Saratov) Communicative Structure of Legal
Documents: Difficulties of Translation
Kashirina N. A. (Taganrog) Translating Fiction: Translator’s
Analysis Instruction
Korchazhkina O. M. (Moscow) V. Nabokov & the Others: How
to Translate "Elusive Pushkin"
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Unit 10. Translation and Interpreting Skills in the 21st Century
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Lediaeva E. V. (Ivanovo) Classes on Practical Translation for the
Group of Students of Different Specializations
Yakovleva O. N. (Izhevsk) Teaching consecutive interpreting at
university level
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